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# There's Now a Sanitized Version of _Uptown Funk_ by Mormon Singer Alex Boyé

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## Helen Regan


Feb 26, 2015 5:32 AM UTC

by 

[Helen Regan](https://time.com/author/helen-regan/)


## Helen Regan


Feb 26, 2015 5:32 AM UTC

Mormon-owned newspaper _Deseret News_ reports that vocalist Alex Boyé, 44, has released a sanitized version of the massive Mark Ronson hit, _Uptown Funk._

The original lyric “put some liquor in it” has been amended to “put some Kool-Aid in it,” while “hot damn” has been changed to “hot dang.” Boyé’s version — filmed in the city of Provo, Utah — features in the paper’s “Clean Cut” [section](http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865622796/The-Clean-Cut-Alex-Boye-releases-clean-version-of-Uptown-Funk.html?pg=all) of videos that are “inspiring, entertaining or educational and always family friendly.”

Making appearances are scores of senior citizens aged between 65 to 92, including Jean Elliots ‘Golden Girls’ — real-life dancing grandmas from Utah.

Boyé, of Nigerian descent, has been a Mormon since his mid-teens and is primarily known for making Africanized versions of popular songs, many of which are posted on his [YouTube channel](https://www.youtube.com/user/ALEXBOYETV/featured).

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